June 09, 2020
Issues with Multi-factor Authentication: PSA for MFA App Users
Firstly, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) is an absolute must. If you are not using it on your accounts, especially Internet accessible and critical systems, you are opening yourself up to a lot of unnecessary risk. However, MFA doesn’t come without its own challenges and this is my journey into one of them. My three-year-old iPhone is at the end of its useful life, so last weekend I purchased a new iPhone and began […]
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May 26, 2020
Managed Detection and Response
Network security solutions for most organizations, if we’re being honest, tend to look like my medicine cabinet. Full of vitamins, minerals, and supplements, but as soon as I get a headache, I can’t find the aspirin. Network security looks similar for most companies. The focus primarily stays on preventative measures and technologies rather than expanding […]
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April 22, 2020
How to Stay Productive Working from Home
Working from home can be a blessing and a curse. Unfortunately, It is a true joy that many never get the chance to experience, as well as a test of your focus and will power. Working from home erases that line between your personal life and your professional life, which can have many unexpected side […]
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April 02, 2020
Work from Home Cybersecurity Assessments
The effects of COVID-19 on society and global business have been both vast and abrupt. Many are entrenched in the ongoing struggle of operational shifts. According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, it is likely the pandemic has not even hit its peak. From what we’re seeing, most […]
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March 05, 2020
Why Business Continuity Goes Beyond IT – An Example In Coronavirus
October of last year I led a business continuity (BC) workshop for clients, prospects and partners. While explaining that a good BC program permeates throughout an entire organization an attendee asked how he could best deliver that message to upper management. He worked for the IT department of a healthcare provider. His concern was that […]
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March 04, 2020
Technological Impacts of Coronavirus: Is Your Environment Prepared?
You have probably heard of this interesting virus affecting people in other countries. However, have you considered the organizational impact Coronavirus may already have on your business today? What about when, not if, it proliferates in the United States? All major publications and news outlets – the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNBC, […]
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October 25, 2019
Teachable Moments in IT
An article caught my eye this week. It involves the unfortunate circumstances in the city of Baltimore, but it’s a valuable lesson to any organization (link below). In short, a combination of ransomware and poorly managed backups wreaked havoc on the City of Baltimore. The unfortunate situation is a good reminder of how the best […]
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September 03, 2019
Business Continuity And Top Management Are Inseparable
Business Continuity and Top Management are Inseparable ContinuityCentral.com posted an analysis by editor David Honour of a crisis communication statement made by National Grid CEO John Pettigrew following a wide-area power outage that occurred on August 9th, which was the largest to occur in the UK for over a decade. The analysis scrutinizes every part of Pettigrew’s statement, […]
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